Famous First Words: Fellow Citizens... --Jefferson Davis' 2nd Inaugural address (2/22/1862)
November is Gratitude Month! Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk. --Rumi ₲₲ I appreciate my sense of humor; it encourages me to laugh at my own bad decisions.
..........Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I'd like to express my thanks..........Irving Berlin …..I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. --Abraham Lincoln
It is a chilly (43°F) Friday morning. An eight mph north wind inspires the willow branches to dance a frenzied tarantella and the short foliage to sway in sympathy. A lone mourning dove nibbles sunflower seeds on the patio and the world is silent except for the occasional motorcar popping off to work or wherever. Much of the world is still green – grass, leaves, short fat hollyhock plants – but now it's mottled with yellow and brown and sometimes red leaves creating a moving abstract across the lawn. Puck has been out and back. I have my cup of doctored decaf. Veronica has come in to explain how she hasn't been fed for days and could I give her a treat. And since I get to write to you it's all in all a great morning!
Hope your weekend gives you much to be grateful for, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Canada is looking through the blinds watching the crack house next door get raided. --Submitted by 98%
Gratitude is when someone else cooks while you open the wine. --Reese Witherspoon ₲₲ If you can't be content for what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
..........When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed..........Johnson Oatman Jr …..Count Your Blessings
Trivia Questions: Blue Election Changes
What is the most incredible thing about a new blue senate?
What is the most incredible thing for the old Speaker of the House?
What was the world like before the democrats took back the House?
What was the world like the last time Kansas had a democratic US senator?
What will be the most fun about the new senate?
Big Hello: Bzia zbaşa – Abkhaz (Northwest Caucasus Mountains) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My favorite part of this fall is watching the states change colors. --sh of ??
Whatever This Is of the Week: I am so glad the election is over. Mostly so those awful ads stop. Both sides, either side, any office, any state...gone. One of the Roku channels would run positive and negative Roger Marshall/Adam Hamilton ads back to back. We heard more about people's ads and what people were paying for ads, and controversial ads, and ads with unauthorized images...than we heard about issues. If I am ever elected queen of the planet I will make a law that you can only campaign for an office for 60 days before the election. I read a suggestion that when you vote early, instead of an I Voted sticker they give you a password you put into your internet and it filters out all the political ads.
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. --C K Chesterton ₲₲ We hope that, when the insects take over thew world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. --Bill Vaughn
..........The devil on the block and he lurkin'.........Lil Wayne …..Thankful
Moonbeam: People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily. --Zig Ziglar
Blasphemy of the Week: God was sitting in heaven when a scientist said to Him, “Lord, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning.” “Oh, is that so? Tell me...” replied God. Well”, said the scientist, “we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of you and breathe life into it, thus creating man.” “Well, that's interesting. Show me.” So the scientist bent down to the earth and started to mold the soil. Oh, no, no, no....” interrupted God, “get your own dirt”. --Submitted by Wittenburg Door
Coffee Joke of the Week: Thanks, a latte!
--Peter Sagal
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Proof that AI is not alive. If it were alive the government wouldn't be building housing for it. https://www.facebook.com/BristolTnDems
Keep your eye on the general. Whenever she's feeling gratitudes she gives tanks. ₲₲ I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think I must be gratitude. --Benjamin Disraeli
..........But they've got nothin' on the power of this love I have for you..........Keith Urban …..Thank You
1) Incredible that we're going to have a Senate where nobody has to give a f*ck what John Fetterman thinks. --Submitted by 98%
Almanac: It is Friday, November 6th. The moon will be new between Sunday and Monday (11/8-9) and is in Libra. Today is day one of Diwali, International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, Marijuana Recreational Legalization Day (Colorado & Washington), National Jersey Friday, National Nachos Day, Saxophone Day, and World Town Planning Day. Because it is the first Friday in November it is also Fountain Pen Day, Love Your Lawyer Day, and National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day.
Among those born on this day were Adolphe Sax (1814), John Philip Sousa (1854), James Naismith (1861), Gus Kahn (1886), Ray Conniff (1916), James Jones (1921), Zig Ziglar (1926), Mike Nichols (1931), Sally Field (1946), Glenn Frey (1948), Maria Shriver (1955), Ethan Hawke (1970), Rebecca Romijn (1972), and Emma Stone (1988).
On November sixth Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States (1860), Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America (1861), the first US train was robbed (1866), the American Library Association was organized (1876), Gandhi was arrested in South Africa (1913), The Bolshevik Revolution began (1917), the Challenger space shuttle landed at Edward Air Force Base (1985), Russia outlawed the Communist Party (1991), the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, MD (1995), Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney (2012), and Sharice Davids (KS) & Deb Haaland (NM) became the first Native American women elected to the US House of Representatives (2018).
Night Sky, 11/6: The Southern Taurid meteor shower is still active. The moon is nearly dark so the meteors should be easy to spot. ...only 5 or so per hour but beautiful big fireballs.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: The boys in the same car at the same time at different seasons
This Week: Saturday, November 7 – Bison day & International Cake Day & Notary Public Day & Sadie Hawkins Day
Sunday, November 8 – Abet and Aid Punsters Day & Dunce Day & National STEM/STEAM Day
Night Sky, 11/8: New Moon for this lunar cycle will occur at 11/9 at 2:02 am and is in Scorpio.
Monday, November 9 – Kristallnacht & World Freedom Day & Adoption Day
Tuesday, November 10 – Diwali final day & Sesame Street Day & World Science Day for Peace and Development
Wednesday, November 11 – Minute of Gratitude Day & Armistice Day & Origami Day & Veterans' Day
Night Sky, 11/11: Great Square of Pegasus, Andromeda, and Cassiopeia are visible in the north. Perseus and Double Cluster are in the northeast. Capella and Pleiades with Hyades are to the east
Thursday, November 12 – Fancy Rat & Mouse Day & World Pneumonia Day
Former Olympic skier Picabo Street donated money to a local hospital. In gratitude, the hospital named their emergency ward after her-- it's now the Picabo ICU. ₲₲ Enough is a feast. --Buddha ₲₲ We cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.
..........for letting me be myself again.........Sly & the Family Stone …..Thank You
2) Mike Johnson, current speaker of the house, will no longer have to lay awake nights thinking up lies about how honest the Trump family is...or how well the war is going...
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Did you know 65 million years ago the first dinosaur T-shirt Boutique opened? It was called “Try Sarah's Tops”. --Submitted by Catsonacouch
Moonbeam: When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all our hands. --Maria Shriver
Video of the Week: Called the greatest saxophone solo ever Raphel Ravenscroft: Baker Street https://www.facebook.com/reel/1093430696002483 (:37)
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. --Abraham Lincoln
An alien crash lands on earth but is still alive and the scientist helps him fix the spaceship so he can go back home. As a sign of gratitude, the alien tells the scientist that he will answer him a single question, whatever it is or however it's formulated. As the alien is about to take off, the scientist finally comes up with a question. "What is the best question that I could possibly ask you in this situation and what is the answer to it?", the scientist asks. "The best question is the one you just asked, and the answer to it is the one I just gave you", says the alien and flies away ₲₲
..........For giving me the best day of my life..........Dido …..Thank You
3) Eight years of a republican House of Representatives. You realize, the last time the Democrats had this much power in Congress, there were only 2 Transformer movies and Harvey Weinstein only looked like a creep. --Trevor Noah
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Well, we gained an hour of sleep,..but lost the will to do anything after 5 pm. Happy Daylight Savings Time. --Submitted by ks of ks
Weird Word of the Week: Agathism: (n) The belief in the ultimate triumph of good over evil. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meditation-for-modern-life/202607/the-philosophy-of-agathism
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Store thumb tacks. Fill a clean, empty Coke bottle with thumb tacks. Need a tack? Turn the bottle on an angle. It dispenses only a few tacks at t atime. With the cap on the bottle, you never have to worry about spilling tacks again. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cocacola4.html ~~This is pushing it, I think. Almost any bottle or jar with a removable lid would do the same thing.
Gratitude is knowing every bad hair day eventually ends with a hat. ₲₲ I'm thankful for my brothers; they are/were the only people who could annoy me and make me laugh at the same time.
...........Freedom in your stride, love, and peace of mind.........Earth Wind Fire …..Gratitude
4) 1938: The last time Kansas sent a democrat to the US Senate was the year before The Wizard of Oz was played in theaters.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: English Teacher: A person who puts more thoughts into the novel than the original author did. --Submitted by LanguageNerds
--iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Governing by tantrum has resulted in Donald Trump holding his breath until America turned blue. https://www.facebook.com/middleageriot
Spark of Joy of the Week:
Gratitude is like a good pair of socks – comforting and slightly mismatched. ₲₲ I am grateful for my teachers and all the other teachers too; they can find red pens in a black hole.
..........Me has bendecido con tu gracia............Ozuna …..Gracias
5) JD Vance – the man without a personality – will have to swear in all those fresh, new democratic senators.
Protest Sign of the Week: JD Vance Puts His Cast Iron Skillet In The Dishwasher
Quote of the Week: When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. --Willie Nelson
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit. --David Suzuki https://www.facebook.com/groups/286366068793713/
Today's Peace of History: November 6, 1986: Although an American plane with supplies for the Nicaraguan contra insurgents had been shot down the previous month, and a Lebanese newspaper reported that the US government had arranged for the sale of weapons to Iran, President Ronald Reagan denied involvement (“. . . a story that came out of the Middle East, and that to us has no foundation ...”) in what came to be known as the Iran-Contra scandal. Both the ongoing aid to the contras and the weapons sales to Iran were violations of US law.
Gratitude is like gravy, put it on everything. ₲₲ I'm grateful for the Wi-Fi; without it, I'd actually have to talk to my family.
..........When my bankroll is getting small, I think of when I had none at all.........Bing Crosby …..Count Your Blessings
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, November 6, 2026: Thank the ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: Basketball doesn't build character, it reveals it. --James Naismith
Cost of War: Pentagon Spending 11/05/26: 1,118,729,553,901
Nineteen billion, four hundred and ninety-nine million, one hundred and seventy-five thousand, one hundred and seventy-four dollars spent on war this week.
Pentagon Spending 11/1/26: $1,105,912,568,197
Pentagon Spending 10/29/26: $1,099,230,378,727.
Peace cannot be bullied into existence. --Ali Jarbawi
Pentagon Spending in October 2026: $85,210,317,032
Pentagon Spending in September 2026: $83,835,546,693
Pentagon Spending in August 2026: $89,089,647,361
Pentagon Spending in July 2026: $85,053,017,282
Pentagon Spending in June 2026: $82,621,957,422
Pentagon Spending in May 2026: $87,601,145,719
Pentagon Spending in April 2026: $81,264,897,194
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. --Abraham Lincoln
Famous Last Words: Let somebody love you before it's too late. --Glenn Frey Desperado
..........And traffic jams and anagrams and bills we never paid.........Bob Hope …..Thanks for the Memories
November is also Georgia Pecan Month – so there's that to be thankful for too. ₲₲ Even though we can't have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don't get what we deserve.
May Peace give you grace
And Joy give you gratitude
prairie mama
christine
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